I never felt entitled to anything. I'm the hardest worker I know..

The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor..

I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way..

I was a pioneer in MTV and I was there from the very beginning. So I saw how that developed and how loose it was and how much fun it was in its loose….